Why I will NOT buy a supporter pack or buy from the shop

I would LOVE to buy a supporter pack for this game and purchase things from the shop.

However, I cannot bring myself to give you the money that is burning a hole in my pocket because you choose not to fix the single biggest problem in your game. DESYNC.

I have had several friends try this game and experience horrible desync then quit and said they won't return until this problem is fixed.

I have never in my life played an online game that suffered so badly from desync issues.

I would be willing to bet that majority of people who quit playing this game do it because of desync.

Fix your game if you want more money and more players.




This is just my personal feelings and feedback for the developers.

Considering that GGG have already said multiple times that they are sequentially working on the whole desync issue, I assume you simply have not looked around the forum enough.

Improving the netcode for a game is neither fast nor simple.

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Cookieee wrote:

Considering that GGG have already said multiple times that they are sequentially working on the whole desync issue, I assume you simply have not looked around the forum enough.

Improving the netcode for a game is neither fast nor simple.

For the millions of dollars they have already made with this game, it should be their #1 priority.

I think they are pursuing many paths to keep all the things they want and still have next to no desync, but i think they will eventually end up having to sacrifice something, maybe hit rolls and if so they have to rebalance and change a large part of the game as accuracy is no longer in it.

So yea, i think they are doing what they can but maybe they will be forced to change some core game mechanic if all their efforts are in vain, and they will only do that when they are sure there is no other way.

That's my guess.

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Alea wrote:

i would prefer they optimize the - fps spikes - i get as example with getting shooted by multiple projectiles cold arrow archers. There are also some others spikes like that to fix maybe. :)

This: Fighting in sewers, i can tank a discharge if i'm full life. I can't tank a discharge if I get frozen, intead i just appear dead, because the discharge with 3 power charges on the mob apparently freezes my screen for afew seconds.

Thats gamebreaking.

Desync is easily dealt with

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Real_Wolf wrote:

Desync is easily dealt with

Maybe if you are the FOTM totem or some other ranged build that gives you enough time to type /oos.

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Cookieee wrote:

Considering that GGG have already said multiple times that they are sequentially working on the whole desync issue, I assume you simply have not looked around the forum enough.

Improving the netcode for a game is neither fast nor simple.

Basically what they said is, "fundamentally, desync is caused by things that we don't want to change."
So, they're not 'working on it', they're 'working around' it. They refuse to fix it, because fixing it would require them changing the game too much.

If you want to play a game where desync isn't a feature, don't wait around for PoE to get 'fixed', because it won't. Play a different game.
If you're waiting for them to ameliorate the effects of desync, however, then what Cookieee says is correct; it's hard, but they're trying.

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Tsoukalos wrote:

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Cookieee wrote:

Considering that GGG have already said multiple times that they are sequentially working on the whole desync issue, I assume you simply have not looked around the forum enough.

Improving the netcode for a game is neither fast nor simple.

For the millions of dollars they have already made with this game, it should be their #1 priority.

Actually, they used their savings, borrowed money, and are still hiring people. I wouldnt be surprised if they havent even turned a profit yet.

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Tsoukalos wrote:

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Real_Wolf wrote:

Desync is easily dealt with

Maybe if you are the FOTM totem or some other ranged build that gives you enough time to type /oos.

I play lots of melee builds and some cyclone builds and desync is rarely a problem.

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Septile wrote:

I play lots of melee builds and some cyclone builds and desync is rarely a problem.

A few lucky people are blessed with rarely ever getting desync, but the majority of players suffer from it on a regular basis.

Just because it doesn't happen to a handful of people, doesn't mean it isn't a gigantic problem.